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You could save oodles by signing to a secondary carrier Nicky. Onetel offer really good rates (http://www.onetel.co.uk/services/

there are loads of others about - but these guys have is sussed.

To save even more cash - do your folks have a pc? You could chuck HearMe! on a page on your personal site (without links to it), give your folks the url, then just phone them and tell them to connect when you fancy a long chat (I do this all the time for mates in India and China). Go to http://www.hearme.com for a freebie!

Thanks. Yes they do have a PC with Internet access which I set up last time I was there. However, it only gets used when I go visit which is good because it stops me goign to the cybercafe. My mum wants to use it but needs help and my dad is not even interested in turning the PC on!

If you want real phone service try priceline.com. I just got 60 minutes of US calling for $2.50 with no extra fees ever. Give it a try if you want real phone calls. I just found it and am excited at how cheap it is (as you can probably tell.)